Yarm Bridge · Photo: Nosbig Kram · CC BY-SA 4.0

History of Yarm · Historic England

114 listed buildings, 5 of them Grade II*

On the Historic England list, all of them stand inside Yarm’s built-up area, 119 for every 10,000 residents. It also has 1 scheduled monument. 5.2% of its homes were built before 1919. We have photos of 5 of its listed buildings. Yarm grades B for history: #28 of 54 in North Yorkshire.

5Grade II*1scheduled monument 60on High Street

Listed buildings

114

119 per 10,000 residents

Grade I

exceptional interest

Grade II*

more than special interest

Scheduled monuments

nationally important sites

Homes built before 1919

5.2%

typical UK town 15%

In pictures

Yarm in 6 photos

Nearly every Grade I and II* building, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.

Church of St Mary MagdaleneGrade II* listed

The Ketton Ox Public HouseGrade II* listed

Town HallGrade II listed

Yarm Methodist ChurchGrade II listed

Yarm ViaductGrade II listed+1See all photos

Photos from Wikimedia Commons and Geograph, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its licence; names open the building’s page or its official list entry.

The map

Where Yarm’s history is

Every Grade I and II* building, monument and historic park, over the age of each neighbourhood’s homes.

Grade II*Scheduled monument

Homes built before 1919, by neighbourhoodunder 10%10–25%25–50%50%+

0 of 7neighbourhoods have mostly pre-1919 homes; in the oldest, 25% were built before 1919.

Hover a dot for its name; tap one with a photo to open it.

114 listed buildings by grade

0 Grade I5 Grade II*109 Grade II

Historic England lists buildings in three grades: Grade I for buildings of exceptional interest (about 2.5% of all listed buildings), Grade II* for particularly important buildings of more than special interest (about 5.8%), and Grade II for buildings of special interest (about 91.7%). Listing protects the whole building, inside and out.

Every entry on the National Heritage List for England whose point lies inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary. One list entry can cover a terrace or a group of buildings. Neighbourhood dots: the population-weighted centre of each Census 2021 output area, coloured by its neighbourhood’s (LSOA’s) share of homes built before 1919 (Valuation Office Agency, March 2025).

Grade II*

The 5 Grade II* listed buildings in Yarm

Particularly important buildings of more than special interest. 2 are photographed. Each opens its own page, with the official list entry.

Church · listed 1966St Mary MagdaleneOn the list as Church of St Mary MagdalenePhoto: see below · CC BY-SA 2.0

Inns & shops · listed 1952The Ketton Ox Public HousePhoto: Gordon Hatton · CC BY-SA 2.0

House · listed 195210 and 12, High Street

House · listed 1952124, High Street

House · listed 195214, High Street

Historic streets

High Street has the most listed buildings

Streets by the listed entries with an address on them. One entry can be a whole terrace, so long rows count once.

High Street60 listed · 3 II*

West Street4 listed

High Church Wynd3 listed

Of the 114 entries, 74 are named by a street address; the rest are named buildings such as churches, halls and bridges.

What’s protected

Most of Yarm’s listed buildings are homes

Every listed building sorted by what its list name says it is.

Houses, terraces & villas90

Inns, shops & warehouses9

Walls, gates & bridges5

Churches, chapels & priories4

Public & civic buildings4

Memorials, crosses & tombs2

90 entries (79%) are houses, terraces and villas. 4 are churches, chapels and priories.

Buildings are sorted by words in each entry’s name (church, gate, inn, memorial…): the list’s open data has no building type. An entry named only by its address counts as a house.

Grade II

109 Grade II listed buildings

Most listed buildings are in this grade, which covers buildings of special interest. Open any building to read its official list entry.

All 109 Grade II listed buildings, A to Z

Bentley House Brewery Cottage Brewery House Clock House Coach House to North of No 124 Dovecote to North of Friarage Eastry House Esk House (Lloyds Bank)Field House Farmhouse Forecourt Wall and Gates to North of Number 2 Former Chapel Building Hope House K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Post Office (1 of 2 Northern)K6 Telephone Kiosk Outside Post Office (1 of 2 Southern)Kirklevington Grange Number 77 and Wing to near Numbers 32 and 34 (Incorporating 34A and 36A)Old Rosehill Part of the Ketton Ox Public House Post Office Range to Rear of Number 38 the Black Bull Hotel Ridley House Roman Catholic church of St Mary and St Romuald South Lodge Gate Piers and Gates to the Friarage Stable Range and Wall Running East to West of Dovecote (The Spital)The Cross Keys Public House The Friarage The George and Dragon Public House The Green Tree Public House The Mount The Union Arms Hotel Town Hall Wall to West of Dovecote (The Spital)Warehouse to Rear of Number 19 West End House Winpenny House Yarm Methodist Church Yarm Viaduct Yarm War Memorial 1 and 2, Mill Wynd 1, West Street 1-3, Poplar Court 1-4 Hauxwell's Yard 10, High Church Wynd 102, High Street 103, High Street 104, High Street 105, High Street 106, High Street 107 and 109, High Street 108, High Street 110 and 112, High Street 111, High Street 113, High Street 114 and 116, High Street 118 and 120, High Street 119 and 121, High Street 123, High Street 125, High Street 127 and 127A, High Street 129, High Street 13 and 15, High Street 131, High Street 133, High Street 139 and 141, High Street 143, High Street 145 and 147, High Street 16, High Street 17, Bentley Wynd 17, High Street 17, West Street 18, 20 and 22, High Street 19, High Street 2 and 4, Low Church Wynd 2, High Church Wynd 2-10, Danby Wynd 2-6, High Street 23 and 25, High Street 26-30, High Street 27 and 29, High Street 31 and 33, High Street 35, High Street 36, High Street 37 and 39, High Street 38, High Street 4 and 6, Bridge Street 48 and 50, West Street 49, High Street 51 and 53, High Street 54, High Street 54-58, West Street 55, High Street 56, High Street 57 and 57A, High Street 58, High Street 59 and 61, High Street 63, High Street 71, 71A and 73, High Street 72 and 74, High Street 75, High Street 78, High Street 79, High Street 8, High Street 80, High Street 81, High Street 83, High Street 84 and 86, High Street 85, High Street 87 and 89, High Street 9, High Church Wynd

Conservation areas

2 conservation areas cover 8.9% of Yarm

Areas the council protects as a whole: demolition and changes to how buildings look need consent, and trees are protected.

Yarm 196929 ha

Egglescliffe 19721 ha

30 hain conservation areas, of 334 ha inside the built-up area.

The first, Yarm, was designated in 1969; the newest, Egglescliffe, in 1972. 109 of the 114 listed buildings stand in one.

Historic England’s conservation areas layer, supplied by councils (incomplete in places, so a page fact, never graded). Hectares are the part of each area inside the built-up area.

How the list grew

49 of Yarm’s 114 listed buildings were added in 1972

The year each building now on the list was first listed.

1972 · 491966 · 301985 · 22

19501960197019801990200020102020

The first 9 entries were listed in 1952. 49 came in 1972, in the national resurvey of the 1970s and 80s. Only 2 have been added in the last 15 years.

Monuments & landscapes

Monuments, parks and gardens

Designations that overlap the town by a tenth of their area or half a hectare.

1 scheduled monument

Nationally important archaeological sites and monuments, protected by law; work on them needs consent from the Secretary of State, advised by Historic England.

Yarm Bridge

History Grade

Yarm grades B for history

Protected heritage and the age of the town’s homes, against all UK towns.

Protected heritage, for its size and in all (121 points, 126 per 10,000 residents)More than 82% of UK towns

Homes built before 1919 (5.2%)More than 10% of UK towns

Two measures, each ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, with protected heritage counting twice as much as the age of homes. Protected heritage counts each listed building by its grade (Grade I three points, II* two, II one), each scheduled monument and battlefield two, and each registered park or garden by its grade; it is ranked both per 10,000 residents and as a total, so a village with one fine church doesn’t outrank a historic city. The second measure is the share of homes built before 1919, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records. History is a character grade: it describes the town and isn’t part of the overall grade.

Homes by age

5.2% of Yarm’s homes were built before 1919

Every home by when it was built, from council tax records, against England & Wales (the dark tick).

4.7%

Before 1900

0.5%

1900–18

0.6%

1919–29

2.7%

1930s

2.2%

1945–54

3.6%

1955–64

15%

1965–72

30%

1973–82

18%

1983–92

5.6%

1993–99

2.1%

2000–08

1.3%

2009–15

14%

2016–25

YarmEngland & Wales

4.7% of homes are Victorian or older, against 16% across England and Wales. The busiest period since was 1973–82, which added 30% of today’s homes.

Valuation Office Agency, council tax stock of properties by build period, 31 March 2025, for the neighbourhoods (LSOAs) that make up the town, split by where their residents live. Homes with no recorded build period (0 here) are left out; 1939–44 is not a period in the data.

Neighbours

Listed buildings in the places around Yarm

Town	People	Listed	Grade I	History
Yarm	9,601	114	0	B
Egglescliffe	10,250	38	1	B⁻
Ingleby Barwick	23,380	11	0	D
Thornaby-on-Tees	23,352	7	0	D
Stainton	1,817	10	0	C
Hutton Rudby	1,955	16	1	B⁺
Middleton St George	4,756	13	0	C⁺
Stockton-on-Tees	84,824	188	2	B

In brief

Yarm in brief

Measured per resident, Yarm has more listed heritage than 82% of UK towns. In all there are 114 listed buildings, including St Mary Magdalene. On High Street alone there are 60 listed buildings. Its older streets lie in 2 conservation areas, the first designated in 1969.

Of the whole list, 79% are houses, terraces and villas. Its homes are mostly newer: 5.2% were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no Grade I building; and it also has a scheduled monument.

Questions about Yarm’s history

How many listed buildings are there in Yarm?

Historic England lists 114 buildings inside Yarm’s built-up area: 0 Grade I, 5 Grade II* and 109 Grade II.

Which street in Yarm has the most listed buildings?

High Street (60), West Street (4) and High Church Wynd (3) have the most listed entries named by an address. One entry can be a whole terrace.

Are there scheduled monuments in Yarm?

Yes, 1 scheduled monument, including Yarm Bridge.

How many conservation areas are there in Yarm?

2, covering about 30 hectares of the town. The largest are Yarm and Egglescliffe.

When were Yarm’s buildings listed?

The first in 1952; the most, 49, in 1972.

How old are the homes in Yarm?

5.2% of homes were built before 1919 and 8.5% before 1940, from the Valuation Office Agency’s council tax records (March 2025).

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Sources: Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · Historic England conservation areas (supplied by local planning authorities; October 2026). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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